Local Brain BeesThis year, there will over seventy Local Brain Bee competitions held all over the world, and new local chapters of our program open up all the time. If you are a high school student or teacher looking to learn more information about the Local Bee closest to you, feel free to contact any of the Local Bee coordinators listed below! If you would like more information on how to start your own brain bee, please visit this webpage.
You can also use the links at the bottom of this page to find out more about the National Brain Bees around the world and the International Brain Bee Championship.
Local Brain Bees in Argentina
National Coordinator: Dr. Cecilia Bouzat (inbouzat@criba.edu.ar)
Local Brain Bees in Australia
National Coordinator: Linda Richards (richards@uq.edu.au)
Location
Sponsor
Coordinator
Contact Information
Queensland Chapter
The University of Queensland and the
Queensland Brain InstituteLinda Richards
Rhonda LyonsNew South Wales
University of Western Sidney
Vaughan Macefield
Australian Capitol Terr
Australian National University
Keely Bumsted-O'Brien
Madeleine NicolVictoria Chapter
University of Melbourne Murdoch
Children's Research HospitalHeather Young
Western Australia
University of Western Australia
Jennifer Roger
South Australia
University of Adelaide
Paul Thomas
Hobart
University of Tasmania
Robert Gasperini
Local Brain Bees in Bangladesh
National Coordinator:Muhammad Shahdaat Bin Sayeed (shahdaat.pharm@uap-bd.edu)
Local Brain Bees in Belgium
National Coordinator:Julie Maetens (jmaetens@ulb.ac.be)
Local Brain Bees in Cameroon
National Coordinator: Elisabeth Ngo Bum (eli_bum@yahoo.fr)
Local Brain Bees in Canada
National Coordinator: Judy Shedden (shedden@mcmaster.ca)
Location
Sponsor
Coordinator
Contact Information
Calgary, Alberta
Hotchkiss Brain Intitute
Lisa Fleece
Calgary, Alberta
University of Calgary
Jaideep Bains
Edmonton, Alberta
University of Alberta
Jena Dressler
St. John's, Newfoundland
Memorial University
of NewfoundlandJohn Mclean
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Dalhousie University
Rob Brownstone
Hamilton, Ontario
McMaster University
Judith M Shedden
Kingston, Ontario
Queens University
Kelly Moore
London, Ontario
University of Western Ontario
Marvin Chum
Ottawa, Ontario
University of Ottawa
Ruth Slack
Toronto, Ontario
University of Toronto
Jonathon Dostrovsky
Montreal, Quebec
McGill University
Audry Laferriere
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
University of Saskatchewan
Sarah Ridgley-MacDonald
Local Brain Bees in China
National Coordinator: Judith Chilton (judith_chilton@aishk.edu.hk)
Location
Sponsor
Coordinator
Contact Information
Hong Kong
Australian International School in Hong Kong
Judith Chilton
Local Brain Bees in Egypt
National Coordinator: Wael Mohamed Yousef (waelpharma@yahoo.co.uk)
Location
Sponsor
Coordinator
Contact Information
Menoufiya
University of Menoufiya
Wael Mohamed Yousef
Local Brain Bees in Germany
National Coordinator: Claudia Gorr (gorr@turmdersinne.de)
Location
Sponsor
Coordinator
Contact Information
Heidelberg
University of Heidelberg
Julianne R Mccall
Local Brain Bees in Georgia
National Coordinator: Merab Tsagareli (gena@geo.net.ge)
Location
Sponsor
Coordinator
Contact Information
Tbilisi
Beritashvili Institute of Physiology
Merab Tsagareli
Local Brain Bees in Ghana
National Coordinator: Merab Tsagareli (gena@geo.net.ge)
Location
Sponsor
Coordinator
Contact Information
Accra Korle-bu
University of Ghana Medical School
Kwame Orori
Local Brain Bees in Grenada
National Coordinator: Francis Fakoya (ffakoya@sgu.edu)
Location
Sponsor
Coordinator
Contact Information
Tanteen,
St. GeorgesGrenada Boys Secondary School
Fracis Fakoya
ffakoya@sgu.edu
Grenville,
St. AndresGrenville Secondary School
Fracis Fakoya
ffakoya@sgu.edu
Satuers,
St. PatricksMacDonald College Fracis Fakoya
ffakoya@sgu.edu Church Hill,
St. GeorgesSt. Joseph's Convent Fracis Fakoya
ffakoya@sgu.edu
Local Brain Bees in India
National Coordinator: RMV Ravindranadh RV (ravirmv@gmail.com)
Location
Sponsor
Coordinator
Contact Information
Bangalore
Aptuit Laurus
Sobhana Raghavan
Chandigharh
Suven Health Sciences
Dheraj Khurana
Chennai
Shasun
Shasun Jain College
Culcutta
Cipra Labs
Sindhura RMV
Pune
Emcure
Emcure
Hyderabad
Natcu Trust
J Sham Tilak
Mumbai
Hetero
Sushma RM
Local Brain Bees in Italy
National Coordinator: P. Paolo Battaglini (battagli@units.it)
Location
Sponsor
Coordinator
Contact Information
Trieste
University of Trieste
P. Paolo Battaglini
Local Brain Bees in Kenya
National Coordinator: Nchafatso Gikenyi Obonyo (gnchafatso@yahoo.com)
Location
Sponsor
Coordinator
Contact Information
Nairobi City
University of Nairobi
Hussein Dossajee
Local Brain Bees in Korea
National Coordinator: Seong-Whan Lee (sw.lee@korea.ac.kr)
Location
Coordinator
Contact Information
Seoul
Jong-Hwan LEE
Kwangju
Sang-Woong LEE
Daejeon
Jong Chul YE
jong.ye@kaist.ac.kr Suwon
Minah SUH
Pohang
Seungjin CHOI
Local Brain Bees in Lituania
National Coordinator: Corrie Jankeviciene (corrie@novavita.lt)Local Brain Bees in Malaysia
National Coordinator: Jafri Malin Abdullah (brainsciences@gmail.com)
Location
Sponsor
Coordinator
Contact Information
Sabah
University of Malaysia
Dilip Murthy
Local Brain Bees in Mexico
National Coordinator: Eric Murillo-Rodriguez (eric.murillo@unimayab.edu.mx)
Location
Sponsor
Coordinator
Contact Information
Queretaro
Institute of Neurobiology
Pilar Duran
Guadalajara
University of Guadalajara
Silvia osefina Lopez-Perez
Campeche University of Campeche
(South-Southeast)Oscar Hernandez
ohhernan@mail.uacam.mx
Local Brain Bees in New Zealand
National Coordinator: Louise Nicholson (lfb.nicholson@auckland.ac.nz)
Location
Sponsor
Coordinator
Contact Information
Auckland
University of Auckland
Louise Nicholson
Dundedin
University of Otago
J. Greg Anson
Local Brain Bees in Nigeria
National Coordinator: Polycarp Nwoha (polycarpu@yahoo.com)
Location
Coordinator
Contact Information
Enugu Zone
Ijeoma Obiajunwa
Ibadan Zone
Joseph Alimasunya
Ife Zone
Josephine Uzor Agu
Lagos Zone
Ngozi Melody David
Owerri Zone
TBD
Port Harcourt Zone
Nkeriu Maduagwu
Umuahia,
Abia StateMokutima Eluwa
Local Brain Bees in Puerto Rico
National Coordinator: TBD
Location
Sponsor
Coordinator
Contact Information
San Juan
Puerot Rico Chapter of SFN
Carmen Maldonado
Jorge Miranda
Local Brain Bees in Poland
National Coordinator: Elzbieta Malgorzata Pyza (elzbieta.pyza@uj.edu.pl)
Location
Sponsor
Coordinator
Contact Information
Krakow
Polish Copernicus Soceity of Natural Scientists
Elzbieta Malgorzata Pyza
elzbieta.pyza@uj.edu.pl
Local Brain Bees in Portugal
National Coordinator: Claudia Pereira (cpereira@cnc.cj.uc.pt)
Location
Sponsor
Coordinator
Contact Information
Coimbra
University of Coimbra
Claudia M F Pereira
Joao Malvacpereira@cnc.cj.uc.pt
jomalva@fmed.uc.pt
Local Brain Bees in Romania
National Coordinator: Cristian Gurzu (cristian2001@yahoo.com)
Local Brain Bees in Scotland
National Coordinator: Janice Barr (janice.barr@roslin.ed.ac.uk)
Local Brain Bees in South Africa
National Coordinator: Ruth McBride (mcbride@uwc.ac.za)
Local Brain Bees in Spain
National Coordinator: Carlos Belmonte (carlos.belmonte@umh.es)
Local Brain Bees in Switzerland
National Coordinator: Ann Kato & Ruth Luthi-Carter (ann.kato@medicine.unige.ch;ruth.luthi-carter@epfl.ch)
Location
Sponsor
Coordinator
Contact Information
Geneva
Department of
Fundamental Neuroscience CMUAnn Kato
Lauanne
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Ruth Luthi-Carter
Local Brain Bees in Turkey
National Coordinator: Ferhan Esen (fesen@ogo.edu.tr)
Local Brain Bees in Uganda
National Coordinator: Sekabira Wilson (wsekabira@med.mak.ac.ug)
Local Brain Bees in the United States
National Coordiator: Norbert Myslinski (nmyslinski@umaryland.edu)
Click Here for the list of local coordinators in United States
Local Brain Bees in Venezuela
National Coordinator: Gladys Maestre (gladysmaestre@gmail.com)
Local Brain Bees in Wales
National Coordinator: Dr. Vanessa Davies (daviesvj@cardiff.ac.uk)
National Brain Bees
In countries where only one Local Brain Bee will be held, that Bee will serve as the National Competition.
The International Brain Bee Championship
Contact Dr. Norbert Myslinski ~ nmyslinski@umaryland.edu ~ for more information